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don’t have roots in the mafia. This was my life ‘til the age of 13, when I bid farewell to the Mediterranean land. Good-bye to sunny days and hello to the chilly rain. Even though I claim to “spreek een beetje Nederlands” my Dutch is limited to “Mag ik, dankjewel, tot ziens, en little more.” Nonetheless, I love riding my fiets, fighting the wind, and showing up to school with two shades of black pants. Bagel Alley, Vapianos, and sketchy bike paths to The Hague have all become a part of me…

Background In recent times, the concept of sustainable agriculture has been at the top of the global agenda to address global food (in) security and harmful environmental impact of agricultural practices mainly adopted during the green revolution era – which led to increases in agricultural production in many parts of the world including some developing countries such as India, Mexico and China (Evenson and Gollin, 2003; Hazell 2009; Foley, 2011). Most sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries…

We can’t have penalty kicks, we just can’t I thought to myself. They are the stressful and horrible way to end the game when you can not tie. They make you shake like you are stuck in the Arctic. They make you drenched in your own sticky, salty, sweat. We can not have penalty kicks. We had to score now. “Come on guys,” I said encouragingly, “ We got this.” We were playing for a spot in the finals, the score was zero to zero. Having the ball, we were gaining many opportunities on goal, I had a…

person I am today. In high school I was exposed to Typewriting using the Almina Method, that is, typing using the qwerty keyboard where different fingers were used for different keys in typing the letters QAZ, WSX, EDC, RFVTGB and YHN, UJM, IK,, OL., P; to learn how to type accurately. Try as I may, I kept making mistakes which eventually grew to frustration. After many deliberate attempts I was finally getting the hang of it. Experience has proven that practice does not make perfect,…

The main character of Mark Twain's huckfin changed massively over the course of the book. At the beginning of the book huck's life is complicated with having a alcoholic father and a extremely catholic surrogate mother. At this point in the book the reader see huck with almost no moral compass. It is at this point in the book that huck gets assisted by a slave named jim who is on the run. As the story progresses hucks moral compass is tested with many scenarios. At the start of the novel Miss…

open to all through the teachings of its 10 Gurus enshrined in the Sikh Holy Book and Living Guru, Sri Guru Granth Sahib”. Sikhism is symbolically portrayed through the Khanda. The Khanda is one of the most important symbols of Sikhism apart from the Ik Onkar symbol which means, There Is Only One…

As Harvey’s book progresses, he begins to elaborate on how to seal the deal in a relationship. These suggestions include: the make or break questions that need to be asked to determine true compatibility and how long a couple should wait to have sex. Many couples go through the phase of determining “what are we?” The “defining the relationship” talk is one conversation that can easily make or break a relationship if a couple is not on the same page. Harvey is clear by stating that, “[a woman’s]…

Nowadays the business environment is very competitive and international marketing is one of the crucial means which can help companies to run their business on long terms, stay competitive and meet customer needs around the world. International marketing can be a reason of success or collapse if wrongly governed or handled. This case study attempts to analyze the challenges of International marketing which might arise when a company decides to expand its business in a foreign country. The…

Book Review Belonging: The Paradox of Citizenship by Adrienne Clarkson In 2014, television personality, journalist, best selling author, public servant and Canada’s first visible minority Governor General (Koch, 2010), Adrianne Clarkson delivered the CBC Massey Lectures (Nagy, 2014) in which she shared her thoughts through a collection of essays in which she explored citizenship in Canada and what it means to be a citizen of this country by reflecting on her own journey of immigrating as a…

The planets in the solar system are divided into terrestrial and jovian planets. They are different in their position, composition and other features. First of all, let us see what are the jovian and the terrestrial planets. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are the jovian planets. Mercury, Venus and Earth are the terrestrial planets. One of the main differences that can be seen between terrestrial and jovian planets, is their surfaces. While the terrestrial planets are made of solid surfaces,…